NATPE||Content First will host a Celebration of Polish TV Programming in Prague on Wednesday, 25 June at 12.30pm at the Hilton Prague Hotel. Open to all delegates and taking place over lunch in the spectacular Cloud 9 Sky Bar and Lounge, the event will focus on the outstanding TV programming being produced. The first in a planned annual salute to countries in the region and their local production capabilities, the event this year will honor Poland’s fast growing and fiercely competitive TV landscape while revealing the myriad opportunities in one of Europe’s largest TV markets.

The Celebration of Polish TV Programming guest of honor is the award-winning director and scriptwriter Agnieszka Holland. As well as numerous international accolades including Academy Award nominations, Polish-born Holland has directed episodes of hit U.S. television series such as The Wire, The Killing and Cold Case. She is garnering worldwide accolades for recent HBO Europe film Burning Bush. Holland will be unveiling details of her new international television projects at a media Q&A following the luncheon.

Partners for the first ever “Celebration of…” at NATPE||Europe are leading Polish commercial broadcaster and producer TVN Poland; Poland’s largest independent producer ATM Grupa and the leading film distribution company in Poland, Monolith Films.

Rod Perth, President and CEO of NATPE||Content First, says, “From a very restricted national service Poland’s television industry has grown and matured at an incredible rate and there are now many untapped opportunities for international buyers within this huge territory. We are delighted to be working alongside some of the best creatives in Europe to raise the profile of their programming and to help it receive the recognition it deserves on the world stage.”